I feel confident on some days, but not on others, especially when I feel like I’m out of someone’s league. I don’t think I’m alone but it can feel that way, especially since we’re conditioned to hide our insecurities. If you can’t accept me as I am, then maybe I dodged a bullet. Consider it my loss.

Maybe they don’t have to worry about that because they get a lot of messages or action, but not everyone does and that can be a blow to the ego. It can make you question whether you’re [fill in the blank] enough or whether you measure up to the status quo + popular expectations.

Cañero!

Gracias, guapísimo! 🫂

UPDATE: Sent the @moderation.bsky.app team an email. They responded quickly, removed the spam label, and restored my ability to chat with people on here. Thanks so much! 🙏🏼

To the headless torso: I hold no ill will against you, but I hope you think twice before saying the same thing to someone else.

Hurtful comments work the same way — it stings, you shake it off like water off a duck’s back, and move on, but there’s always that reminder in the back of your mind that never goes away. Get them often enough and it does something to you.

I’ve gotten messages like more times than I’d like to admit, and I liken them to physical wounds. At first, it hurts, you bleed, you maybe freak out a little, and patch it up. In time, the wound heals but sometimes a scar is left behind — an indelible reminder of what happened.

Haha… I just wanted to follow some content creators who have migrated to Bluesky from another platform that shall not be named. 😆